I began to see that Brennan’s hellish journey of two steps forward, three steps back kept him so entrenched in a prodigal story that he knew over and over and over and over again the outlandish grace of the Father welcoming him home. I, too, have struggled with addiction, and so Brennan’s story helps make sense of my own; but even if you don’t have an addiction, I know you struggle with something again and again and again. In most testimonies the good news is only a small part of the story, obscured by our achieving and overcoming. In Brennan’s story, and in mine, the good news is the entire
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